Education WG members are expected to:

Actively engage in Task Groups, teleconferences, two face to face meetings per year

Promote EONS and EONS’ work locally, nationally, and Internationally

Peer review and provide constructive feedback on (grant) applications

Contribute to writing position statements, abstracts and scientific papers

Contribute to workshops and other educational events

Contribute to update the Working Group webpages

Membership of the group lasts for two years, for both Working Group members and Chairs.

Membership may be renewed twice. Membership of a Working Group therefore lasts for a maximum of 6 years.

A note on terminology

To be inclusive, the term ‘cancer nurse’ is used to describe nurses working with people affected by cancer, nurse teachers and researchers regardless of whether the individual has a specialist qualification relating to oncology. As an organisation, EONS strives for all cancer nurses to receive specialised training and qualifications, and continuous further education and training to keep up with developments in cancer care. However, in some countries where EONS has members this is not the case or not yet possible; therefore we aim to be as inclusive as possible in our definition of ‘cancer nurse’. EONS has members in 31 countries across Europe. When the terms Europe or ‘European continent’ are used, this refers to the 53 countries in WHO Europe. The European Union (EU) refers to the smaller block of 28 nation states.

The group looks forward to working together in developing opportunities for oncology nursing through education.

Members who have an interest in joining the Education Working Group or learning more about the work of the Working Group are invited to contact the EONS Policy Officer, Eleonora Varntoumian, via the Contact EONS page.